Dirk Hartog was a Dutch explorer born in 1580 who was appointed to trade with Batavia in 1616. In 1616, while sailing on the ship The Dolphin, Hartog became the first known European to land on the western coast of Australia, where he left a pewter plate inscribed with a message claiming the land for the Dutch. In 1697, William de Vlamingh found Hartog's plate and left his own plate, taking the original back to Amsterdam. Hartog died in an unknown location in 1621 after spending time exploring Australia and its coastline.

1. Introduction
Hello Mrs. Drury and fellow
students. Today I am going to tell
you about Dirk Hartog. I hope you
don’t get too bored.

2. Explorer’s route to
Australia
Exploration by Europeans until 1812
1606 Willem Janszoon
1606 Luís Vaz de Torres
1616 Dirk Hartog
1619 Frederick de Houtman
1644 Abel Tasman
1696 Willem de Vlamingh
1699 William Dampier
1770 James Cook
1788 Arthur Phillip
1797–1799 George Bass
1801–1803 Matthew Flinders

3. Fact one
Dirk Hartog was
born in 1580.

4. Fact two
Hartog was baptized on the 30th of
October 1580.

5. Fact three
Hartog was appointed to
trading with Batavia in
1616.

6. Fact four
Hartog in his early years traded
with Europeans on a ship called
The Dolphin.

7. Fact five
Hartog set foot on land for
the first time in a while.

8. Fact six
He found nothing of interest to him this is
what he said “not much here no trees, no
water, no gold, nothing, still better claim
the land for Amsterdam.

9. Fact seven
Here he
placed a
pewter plate
with a
message
inscribed on it.

10. Fact eight
William de Vlamingh
found Hartog’s pewter
plate and placed his own
and took the original back
too Amsterdam.

11. Final fact
Hartog died in 1621
whereabouts
unknown.

12. Time spent exploring Australia and the coastline
Hartog
Janszoon
Cook
Dampier

13. Conclusion
Well I see that
most of you are
still awake so that’s
good. Anyway
thanks for listening
I hope you learned
a lot about Dirk
Hartog.